Match-safe



(No Model.)

. W. W. RENNINGTON.

MATCH SAFE.

No. 593,905. Patented Nov. 16,1897.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 593,905, dated November16, 1897. I Application filed December 22, 1896. Serial No. 616.5 96.(No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER W. PENNING- TON, of Butte, in the county ofSilver Bow and State of Montana, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Match-Safes, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

' This invention relates to match-safes designed to be placed upon acounter or similar convenient place; and the object is to provide amatch-safe of a simple construction and easily operated to remove thematches one at a time from the magazine, thus insuring economy in theuse of matches.

I will describe a match-safe'embodying my invention and then point outthe novel features in the appended claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a match-safe embodying my invention witha portion of the side wall broken away to more clearly show certainparts. Fig.2 is'a top plan view and partial section thereof, and Fig. 3is an end elevation and partial section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. 1

The match-safe comprises a magazine or chamber 1, the side walls ofwhich are formed by the upwardly-extended portions 2 of the base 3, andthe end walls of this magazine or chamber are preferably formed of atransparent material-such, for instance, as glass 4- and this magazinemay be provided with a suitable cover. As here shown, it is providedwith a top cover 5.

The base-pieces 3 extend forward from the glass fronts 4:, and mountedto slide between said base-pieces is a carriage 6. This carriage 6 has aWidth substantially equal to the distance between the base-pieces 3,and, as here shown, it slides upon a base-board 7, secured to the saidbase-pieces.

The upper side of the carriage 6 is provided with a transverse channel 8of a sufficient depth to receive a match, and to conveniently remove amatch from the channel I provide at each side of the channel and nearits center depressions 9 and 10, into which thethumb and finger of aperson may be inserted to grasp a match. I have here shown the carriage6 as provided with two channels 8, so that matches may be removed fromeither front of the magazine, and the ends of this carriage are provided.with suitable knobs or buttons 11.

In operation while the carriage 6 is in position to bring the slot 8into the magazine 1 amatch will fall into said slot, and then thecarriage may be drawn outward, as plainly indicated in, the drawings,and the match may then be removed therefrom.

In connection with the device I may employ a lighting mechanism designedto ignite a match as the match is drawn across the same by the outwardmovement of the carriage. This lighting mechanism consists of a plug 12,designed to eitend through an opening 13 in one of the base portions 3,and the inner end of this plug 12 has a roughened surface against whichthe end of the match will abrade. The plug 12 is mounted on a spring-arm14, having pivotal connection 15 with the base portion 3, so when it isnot desired to ignite the matches during the movement of the carriagethe said plug 12 may be drawn out of the opening 13 and turned downward,as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1. To force a match longitudinallyagainst the plug 12, a spring-plate 16 is secured to the inner side ofthe base portion 3 opposite that towhich the plug is attached. Thisspring-plate 16 is curved inward and into the channeled edge of thecarriage 6.

When a match is drawn across the igniter or plug 12,. it is necessary tohold the match down in the slot 8. For this purpose I employ fingers 17,attached to the base-pieces 3 and bearing upon the upper surface of thecarriage 6. Of course after the match shall have been ignited thecarriage mustbe moved outward sufficiently far to pass the match beyondthe ends of the fingers 7, when it may be removed, as before described.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire toPatentsecure by Letters A match-safe, comprising a magazine for mentsunder the magazine, substantially as matches, a carriage mounted toslide across specified. the openlower end of the magazine, the said I Tcarriage being provided with two transverse VALTER PENNING1 channels toreceive matches whereby a match Vitnesses: may be carried out of themagazine by the J NO. M. BITTER, carriage in either of its longitudinalmove- 0. R. FERGUSON.

